Track for bed-casters.



P. R. GHABASSDL.

TRACK FOR BED GASTERS. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 2, 1909.

927,1 1 3. Patented July 6, 1909.

i bed or the like and rcodily i is slimmer E Ii -CAST.

Apollo? T] cell whom it may concern.

Be 1i) huown that i, From? Bronx (smells soL, a citizen of the United States, residing all Grudotim, in the county of Alfie-ghee" and Shade of Pennsylvenizr, hove invented cor: .Lului new and useful llmproVemenl-s in Trucks for Beddfirsters, of which the following is u specification, reference being had to the occom punying d rev/lugs.

This i irvcoliou relates to im u'ovomeols in creole; for the zuslwrs oi. beds or other pieces of furniture.

The object oil the invention to provide u simple rind precticol Jester lxroclc which will enable :1, bed or other i'iiece of furniture to be readily pulled iii/wary from :2 Wall and repl. :cd ithout (longer ol touring: lhc cor end which will he so constructed id not in 'iso il, may be folded b l oer folded position and also in i ion.

ell the shove and olaher o the invention consists of of construction sued the co 1 rougcmcnt of ports herei. scribed and elaimcd, and i 1. uccomponying drawings, in. WlUCll Figure 1 is e plzm. View of o pair of roster b oaks showing them in. El"). air extended position in full lines and in their folded. posilion. in dotted lines, the oed being indicated in dot and dosh lines; Figs. 2 and 3 are detoil. vertical sections token, respectively, on. the planes indiceted by the lines 2---2, 3-3 in Fig. l; Fig. 4, is o detail horizontel section showing; the catch forsecurieg the movable section. of the hreck in its folded position; sud. liig. is e similerview showing the hinge connection for the'tmcl; seclions ond the cetch for securingll'le letter their extend ed positioiL ln she drawings indicates :r bed or other piece of furniture um L its casters which are adopted to run in the improved tracks wlrielr are suitably placed upon the carpet or floor covering. Each of 'lvrrwlis 1 com of e long section end a sl'zor'l; loo. 3, which sections zUO united h hinges 4r: so lire? the short outer sections mo e fold inwardly against the long or main inner sections 2, as indi zetediu dotted lines in Fig l. llEech. of the sectiimsyfof the t wicks ore in the form of channeled rr U-shuped troughs and the long inner or moon. sections 2 correspond in length to the widfih of the bed or piece of furniture in View, ll features on and orfully deraced in the Specification 0 Letters Peiweanls.

1'1. filed January :3, 15.909.

jlfoixcmtod duly ill; 5

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The shore outer o1 ole 'lliiry ice of my desir 1 according to the distance which s desired to 111:: ve the bed army from the wellv For the purpose oi. securing oh 3 ol 'eoieh tram; iu exiaez'ideo. tioo, sl'rowu in full lines in :1 spring 5 is se r'sured by serews or outwardly, es slum a ot '3", to pleec and formed will). fill. up

ceive e pin or stud lo a ringer rr'asoondiug side will be seen do roh'e lather UL' IilVlLlLllIv" to do 101': sliown curved mum 'w'hcrowmu,

.1 its posit/loo.

For the pure; our the outer seer/ions V 1 r lolded position shown in (.lOiTEUtfl lmcs m e l, e

eeeh or them has secured to its outer end uu rgulor eelch spring 10, one end of which l z'rs'teued by screws or the like ll and the olzher end of which is liveun lo form o suhslmliliully Ll shaped loop ll 1% with a curved cxlaremi'cy 1.3%. This spring loop 12 is adopted to engage urved heard J-l formed by bending upon itself one end oi. an ongulur plele 15, which lilll'tbl' has its other end secured by screws or similar festeoings us to the inner side wall of lhcodjoccm section .2 of the lroclt, as clearly shown in Fig. 4-. lit will be seen. that when the sections 3 are swung iujwerdly to their folded posilions, the spring loops will be sprung over the heads or loops id or will be lrictionolly retained to rc'leio s: sections 3 in. their dottcdlioe position. show in .Fig'.

Having thus described the lrweetioo what is clolnied is: 1. i l track for the'hesters of e head or other piece ol furmllure comer slog lo: ehouncled or tron [red mom rig to secure the so trons in. extended positron, e keeper heed upon the-longscction, and e s ring loop upon the outer end of lahe short section and. edept ed to receive said head to retain the sections in folded position.

2. A track for the casters of a bed. or other piece of furniture comprising channeled track sections, a hinge secured to one side of said sections to unite them for folding movement against each other, the spring catch member 10 formed from. a stri of resilient material and bent at right ang es and having one end secured to one side of one of the sections and its other end engaged With the end of such section and bent upon itself into tMor-m to provide a spring loop and the coacting catch member 15 consisting of a strap having one end secured. to the side of the 5 other section and its other end bent at right angles and then upon itself to provide a head to enter said spring loop of the first mentioned catch member.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aifix my 20 signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

PHILIP RICH Y CHABASSOL.

Witnesses:

P. A. Quent n, C. llrlCLAY, Jr. 

